shortage: what the trials say vs what this community says
Quick one. Canada here.
Australia works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US.
Specifics: the route I used took 11 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.
Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Yeah, the 2024 rule change was sudden.
Came off after 10 weeks for financial reasons. Regained about a third over the following year. Back on now at a much lower dose.
Yeah, the 2024 rule change was sudden.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.
Cite the TGA notice?
the New Zealand versus New Zealand distinction is real
Week 50 for me and the honest summary is: 43kg down, nausea manageable, and I have thought about food maybe four times today.
TGA shortage notices are temporary
Yeah, the 2024 rule change was sudden.
PBS/TGA claims need the notice or schedule entry
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 7–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 7–5.
Adding to this: shortage is doing more work than the comment implies.
Rodent data is rodent data. Dose scaling is not linear and the models tell you what to investigate, not what to expect.
TGA shortage notices are temporary
AU and NZ are different systems, say which
the regulatory compounding is the blocker
PBS/TGA claims need the notice or schedule entry
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